Start with the night
Review nightly ratings, hourly conditions, and observation windows before you commit time to setup.
Learn moreFeature overview
A calmer way to plan, review, and learn.
AstroGuide’s feature set is organized around the real decisions smart-telescope owners face: whether the night is worth using, what fits the moment, what belongs later, and how to improve from one session to the next.
- Tonight planning
- Goals and objectives
- Real setup context
- Session review
- Explainable guidance
Choose subjects that fit
Recommendations reflect your site, equipment, visibility, and the type of night you actually have.
Learn moreTurn ideas into projects
Goals, objectives, and monthly visibility help you hold onto good ideas without forcing them into tonight’s plan.
Learn moreReview what happened
Direct Scan imports, History, efficiency views, and session diagnostics help you understand how the night really went.
Learn moreLearn as you go
Tips and explainers help you understand why the app is steering you in a certain direction.
Learn moreiPhone, iPad, and Mac
One planning loop, tuned for each screen.
AstroGuide is being built as a universal Apple-platform app. The same night ratings, observation windows, subject planning, goals, and session review tools travel with you, while the layout adapts to the device in your hands.
iPhone
Fast decisions at the telescope.
Use the compact flow for checking Tonight, Search, observation windows, and session status while you are setting up or stepping outside.
iPad
More room to compare.
Wider layouts give planning surfaces more breathing room for lists, detail views, sky previews, and side-by-side decision making.
Mac
A bigger workspace for review.
Use the larger screen for browsing, project planning, session review, and analysis when you want a desk-friendly view of your imaging work.
Plan tonight
Start with the night, not the catalog.
AstroGuide helps you judge whether tonight is worth using, protect the strongest hours, and narrow from “maybe” to a practical subject choice.
- Night ratings that frame the big picture before setup
- Hourly conditions and observation windows that show when the night improves
- Context-aware suggestions instead of a generic list of famous subjects
- Subject review that keeps timing and composition close to the decision
Plan ahead
Turn passing ideas into a calm planning system.
Not every interesting subject belongs in tonight’s plan. AstroGuide helps you save future intent, think seasonally, and keep real projects moving.
- Goals and objectives for multi-night work and recurring interests
- Monthly visibility that helps you separate tonight from “soon”
- Equipment-aware context that keeps long-range plans realistic
- A better home for “not tonight, but definitely later”
Real setup context
Plan around your real sky, not an imaginary open horizon.
Site profiles, horizon limits, panorama tools, and Capture Studio composition planning make AstroGuide much more trustworthy than a generic astronomy browser.
- Observing-site context that reflects where you actually set up
- Obstruction-aware timing that accounts for trees, roofs, and terrain
- Equipment and filter context that changes what is truly practical
- Composition previews that help newer users judge fit before committing
Review and improve
Keep learning after the telescope is packed away.
AstroGuide stays useful after the session by turning imported sessions, stacked results, and diagnostic clues into feedback you can actually use next time.
- Direct Scan imports that group telescope files into reviewable sessions
- Efficiency views that explain where time turned into useful signal
- SNR and coverage summaries that add image-level context
- Session diagnostics and drift analysis that help separate sky problems from behavior problems
Learning system
A planning app that teaches as it goes.
Charts, ratings, recommendations, and diagnostics are built to be understandable, not mysterious. AstroGuide helps you grow into the hobby instead of assuming you already know the language.
- “How to read this” explainers attached to meaningful charts
- Night, hour, subject, and schedule-aware tips that point out both risks and opportunities
- Confidence-building feedback for newer smart-telescope owners
- A stronger bridge into astronomy conversations and community knowledge
Launch direction
Designed to make the hobby feel less opaque.
AstroGuide is most compelling when it helps newer owners feel capable without flattening the hobby into generic advice. That is why the product loop keeps conditions, setup, review, and explanations close together.